Principals breakfast 16/10/2026
Posted 16th October 2026 by P. Grove
Students nominated this week for Principal's breakfast:
| 7 | Aishah Hussain | 9 | 9.1 | Currently has the most thrive points in the entire school- amazing work! |
| 7 | Abdul-Ahad Ali | 9 | 9.2 | Gave a wonderful interview to ITV about the Royal Shakespeare work last week, a brilliant representative for DCO |
| 7 | Zakariya Shahab | 9 | 9.5 | Recognised by staff for an exceptional contribution to the Y9 boys football tournament |
| 7 | Inaaya Ahmed | 9 | 9.1 | Recognised by staff for an exceptional contribution to the Y9 girls football tournament |
| 7 | Sara Murad | 9 | 9.4 | Recognised by staff for an exceptional contribution to the Y9 girls football tournament |
| 7 | Muhammad Eesa | 7 | 7.5 | Muhammad Eesa is always trying his best and has an excellent standard of homework. Well done for showing our school values everyday. Mrs Cooper |
| 7 | Arissa Ahmed | 7 | 7.1 | Arissa is always really polite and kind, offers help and support to her peers and has made a wonderful start to the year. Well done and keep it up. Miss Ibrahim |
| 7 | Zaki Ali | 7 | 7.2 | Zaki is always prepared and eager to help others. His consistent dedication and positive attitude clearly demonstrate that he is always striving to be the best version of himself. Mr Bastkowski |
| 7 | Kupa Bangura | 7 | 7.3 | Kupa has earned a significant number of Thrive Points and has found himself in the top 20 every week of the league so far. Kupa is exceptionally well-mannered and is a kind and friendly face to all in his class. To reiterate the earlier point about receiving Thrives, Kupa really does just do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, and it’s clear his teachers are noticing too, well done. Miss Robson |
| 7 | Younus Ahmed | 7 | 7.1 | An outstanding member of the year group, from supporting in the Science department during the Year 6 opening evening, to conscientiously always making sure he places himself at the front of the queue when the whistle blows at the end of a break time (ready for learning) to earning 114 thrive points to date from so many subject areas! It's lovely to see you settle in so perfectly to the year group, Miss Kirton |
| 7 | Amaya Ikraam | 7 | 7.2 | Such a polite young lady who consistently demonstrates our DCO values every day! Your happy, enthusiastic and kind personality shines through in everything you do. Keep being your wonderful self and spreading positivity throughout Year 7! Miss Kirton |
| 7 | Saalih Cubias | 7 | 7.2 | Saalih, we are so proud of how quickly you have settled into Dixons Cottingley! In just 26 days, it has been lovely to see you working so hard across all your lessons, particularly in the Maths, Science and English lessons we have observed. Keep up the fantastic effort and continue to approach each day with a positive attitude. A very warm welcome to the Year 7 DCO family, Saalih! Miss Kirton & Ms Abdullah |
| 7 | Daniel Ali | 7 | 7.6 | For his outstanding start to Dixon's Academy, being the leading thrive points scorer in 7.6 and having not picked up any corrections. Mr Sayer |
| 7 | Eshaal Khan | 9 | 9.2 | Providing an amazing response for the annual trust update filming - Mr Grove |
| 7 | Mohammad Yaeesh | 9 | 9.5 | Providing an amazing response for the annual trust update filming - Mr Grove |
| 7 | Hayah Tufail | 8 | 8.3 | Huge increase in positive behaviour - well done. Miss Hasan Arshad |
| 7 | Muhammad Farhaan | 10 | 10.2 | Helped a younger student with bus money - totally unprompted and off his own back. Really showing the academy values. Mr Grove & Miss Hitch |
| 7 | Adam Chen | 7 | 7.1 | Always kind and conscientious, has made a brilliant start to the year. |
| 7 | Bolarin Somade | 10 | 10.3 | Thrives |
| 7 | Hajra Khan | 10 | 10.3 | Thrives |
| 7 | Umar Abdul-Samad | 11 | 11.3 | Cross country |
| 7 | Zainab Tanveer | 11 | 11.4 | Cross country |
| 7 | Oliver Goodall | 10 | 10.1 | Cross country |
| 7 | Fiza Aziz | 11 | 11.1 | Cross country |
| 7 | Huzzaifa Mahmood | 8 | 8.1 | Cross country |
| 7 | Abubakr Awais | 10 | 10.3 | Thrives |